Ninoy Aquino “Liberty Shall Not Rest”

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This has been formed from quotations from a speech Benigno Aquino Jr. (who is often referred to by the nickname “Ninoy” Aquino). In this address he takes up an important Liberal Civil Right – the freedom from arrest without charge (the Habeas Corpus rule). After the Plaza Miranda bombing of 1971, President Ferdinand Marcos used the incident as a pretext to suspend Habeas Corpus. Senator Aquino declares in this speech the Liberal leaders will go to prison rather than accept the establishment of a dictatorship.